Christina Birdie & A. Vagiswari Special Archival Collection of resources in the library of Kodaikanal Observatory Library inherited the priceless copy of ‘Astronomia Nova’ by Kepler dating back to 1609. The volume is leather-bound with 650 pages of Latin text, calculations, tables of observations, and woodcut diagrams of planetary orbits. Very little is known about…
Varun Kumar, Project Engineer-I (ADITYA-L1) After joining IIA for Integrated M.Tech – PhD course in July 2013, I and my four other batch mates left for Kolkata for mandatory one-year course work at the University of Calcutta. During my stay at Kolkata, the IIA outreach photos uploaded on social media by our seniors attracted me…
B. C. Bhatt, Dorje Angchuk & Maan Singh In the final part of this series “Glimpses of Memories at IAO, Ladakh”, I will start with the installation of the 2m telescope. The telescope consignment journey from EOST, Tucson (USA) to Hanle, Ladakh was over on 18/19th of August, 2000. During this period, all the civil/mechanical/electrical…
Indian Astronomical Observatory: 25 Years B C Bhatt, Dorje Angchuk & Man Singh In Ladakh, there are only two seasons. One is winter (October to April), and the other is Summer (May to September). That’s why business activities start as soon as the surface transport opens in May, and all resources reach Ladakh in the…
Megha Like many, I joined IIA with lots of dreams and passion. Along with mastering the subject, I always wanted to contribute to society in whatever way possible. While I was not quite sure how I could proceed with this dream, the IIA Outreach program came in front of me like a boon. Along with…
Prof. B. C. Bhatt, Dorje Angchuk, and Man Singh Preamble Under the Himalayan Infrared Optical Telescope (HIROT) project, first team of IIA landed Leh in November 1994 and with initial acclimatization in high altitude and cold weather, this team arrived Hanle in December 1995. We pitched our setup in a mud-hut in the premises of…
Amit Kumar I would like to share the heart holding experience of my first Space Project, UVIT on ASTROSAT. It was 30th November 2015. We had finished all the major checks on UVIT payload when its doors were closed. Just to remind the readers, ASTROSAT was launched on 29th September 2015 from ISRO space centre…
Anand M N It was a school project on lunar observation that motivated me, an 11th standard boy, to serious star gazing. Till then, I used to see the twinkling stars, but not too keen about knowing them. That project gave me an opportunity to meet amateur astronomers and science enthusiasts outside my school. With…
Fazlu Rahman The journey started around 7 PM CET from the Trento station. The white Volvo bus began ascending the curly routes and curvy paths, while we were busy making new friends. We were around fifty students, doing masters and PhD in different parts of the globe, came to attend the 13th version of Tonale…
